Monday, January 7th

Where this class is rooted-
Shift Happens Version 2.0


Shift Happens Version 5.0 (For Iowa Schools)

Class Discussion:
What is the purpose main message of these videos?
What methods/strategies do the authors employ?
What does the internet have to do with these videos?

Monday, Jan. 14th 2013

What is the power and potential of the Internet?
Governing the Web and Everything Else-Don Tapscott
The 4 A's Protocol and Discussion

Tuesday, Jan. 15th 2013

In pairs, read the following article and answer the questions that follow on the class google doc
To regulate or not to regulate the Internet

Changing the Way the Internet is Governed Is Risky
Should the Internet be governed?
How should it be governed?
Who governs it now?
Why should it be governed?

Then, in those same pairs find an article that is Pro-Regulation of the Internet (since thus far we have only looked at articles that condemn regulation) and save the link to the google doc to regulate or not to regulate the Internet


Wednesday, Jan. 16th 2013

Time Person of the Year 2006 Article

Thursday, Jan. 17th 2013

Watch Us Now and fill out the note taking sheet.


Friday, Jan. 18th 2013

Finish watching Us Now and Discuss the concept of Government 2.0

Tuesday, Jan. 22nd

"The internet has the opportunity to make our lives better."
List of Pros (agreements)
List of Cons (disagreements)

"People are now a bigger part of the process"
List of Pros/Cons

"The world could be run better by citizens than by governments"
List of Pros/Cons

How can the internet make life, data, learning, teaching, schools better...?
The Machine is Us/ing Us

Wednesday, Jan. 23rd

Each student will be assigned one of the infographics below. You will read through and analyze and then share to the class what you have learned and answer the following questions below.

Read aloud and think aloud what the text is saying (through words, images, and other graphic features)
Analyze, Synthesize, Summarize, and Share what you've learned from your infographic with the whole class-for Thursday!
Be sure to answer all of these questions that apply . . .
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? and So What?

  1. How the Internet Works
  2. History of the Internet
  3. The Internet!
  4. Web Trend Map 4 (Here is a blog post about the map from its developers)
  5. The Internet in 2020
  6. Internet Statistics
  7. State of the Internet
  8. A Day in the Life of the Internet
  9. How different age groups are using the Internet
  10. How People Spend Their Time on the Internet
  11. Exploring the Exploding Internet
  12. How the World Spends its Time Online
  13. 10 Years of Wikipedia
  14. Internet Speeds and Costs Around the World

Thursday, Jan. 24th

A vision of students-Professor Michael Wesch

A vision of K-12 students


Microlab Discussion about the video(s) as a text.

Friday, Jan. 25th

Ms. Allen is out.

Your task is to create "a vision of being an ISA student"
This has been an assignment in years previous. It's intent is for you to be honest and introspective about what an average day at ISA looks like, feels like, etc.

Each of you should brainstorm and scribe what an average day entails for you
You can first break this down as a schedule for example
8:45am 1st Period Global Leadership
9:37am 2nd Period Government

Then you want to break down what you ACTUALLY DO in those classes/periods. Be honest!
Turn in your brainstorming sheets to the sub at the end of the period.

On Monday, we will look at each others papers to evaluate and compare similarities and differences.

Monday, Jan. 28th

A Vision of an ISA student
We will craft an outline for our own video.

Tuesday, Jan. 29th and Wednesday Jan. 30th

Begin making our video. Each student must contribute at least 2 facts to represent how they spend the school day.
Brainstorm how and where you will film.